Travis - Got a challeng for ya...

Hey sorry I have a short message here because things got crazy where we have been out and about doing stuff, preparing for a funeral and getting ready. Transfers are in two weeks!!! Holy cow I hope I stay one more. This area has been such a blessing! We see miracles almost everyday and some aren't exactly the ones I expected.
Like we got a random call to go help a old lady move. When we arrived she was surprised and so was her son and his wife. We immediately jumped in to help them move stuff before the rain started to come down. As we finished moving most of her stuff into it, lunch break came up in which we where able to go talk with them while they ate. We come to found out she use to be best friends with a member (old lady) but ever since she passed away she has been alone. So the son wants her to move in with him for care. And randomly during the conversation the lady started a side conversation asking exactly what we are. (Why we have the same first name) and what we do. We explained about being missionary's and being o here and curiously she asked about our message :D we shared the restoration with her and before we even finished bearing out testimonies she asked how she could learn more! We where so happy, we gave her a Book of Mormon and showed her how to use it and how to pray. She told us she has had over 9 different near death experiences that she has been flown to a hospital. She says she now believes God has something for her and that our message felt right. You could imagine our disbelief that someone would ever say that. But.....it turns out they live clear in Southern California, sadly we got their information and handed it over to missionaries there. But it's still amazing to see the seed planted in her.
    And right after that while TRACTING we came across a Hispanic family who was enjoying a birthday party, we gladly knocked and was quickly invited to talk with the parents and kids who listened to us share our message of the restoration. They accepted copies of the Book of Mormons and even promised to read the book and pray as a family. This is the first time I've ran into a family that actually was curious and spoke fluent real ENGLISH! So we are super excited to go back this next week and teach again. They invited for us to make another stop and get the mother (who wasn't there at the time) caught up. We hope to see this grow as this area is a tough bugger.
  I only have another minute before I have to get back again, so I may send pictures during the week. I hope all is well and I got a challenge for you....we just learned that more than 80 percent of baptisms come from member referrals and only 5 percent come from tracting. We are working really hard with the keeners but I encourage you to try sharing the message of the gospel, whether it be in person or on facebook and try to give the missionaries a referral to help them.  

Love you all and hope to hear from you

-elder heckel